Hi, just want to introduce myself.....

For years I had difficult to control high blood pressure and sometimes my heart would go really fast for no reason. Then my legs started swelling and tests showed I had pulmonary hypertension, a very yucky disease of the lungs. Somebody finally asked me if I snored.....and I was tested for sleep apnea----which I do have. So did my dad and his dad, but nobody called it sleep apnea back then, just really bad snoring. My dad died at age 46 and his legs were swelling right before he died----maybe he had pulmonary hypertension too? I use my CPAP every time I sleep and try my best to leave it on all night. I hate it, but I love it. My pulmonary hypertension is almost to normal numbers now and my legs don't swell hardly at all anymore. I feel like a rested person now and I don't get so frustrated about things anymore. It is amazing what a little sleep will do. My next project is to lose all of my extra weight.